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Express & Star 15 Feb 11
Plans to convert an historic Great Barr mansion into homes have been resurrected. Sandwell Council wants to turn Grade II-listed Red House in Great Barr into 11 apartments.
There are also plans to build seven detached houses or six bungalows on land nearby…
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Hannah Richardson BBC News 11 Feb 11
The government has been defeated in the High Court over the way it scrapped part of England’s school building programme.
The education secretary’s decision to axe Buildings Schools for the Future (BSF) projects in six local authority areas, including Sandwell, was ruled unlawful as he failed to consult on it.
A judge ordered Education Secretary Michael Gove to reconsider the move…
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Chris Philpotts Advertiser 21 Jan 11
Sandwell Valley is set to be home to the West Midlands’ first high-wire adventure course after an unprecedented wave of investment in leisure and culture in the region.
The course is set to be built on the nature reserve as part of a £1 billion regeneration of Sandwell…
Business
Duncan Tift BusinessDesk 9 Nov 10
Support services group Serco has secured a £650m contract from Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to deliver its new Waste Improvement Plan.
The contract, which runs for 25 years, follows the announcement in August that Serco had been selected by the local authority as its preferred bidder…
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Chris Henwood B'ham Mail 18 Oct 10
Tributes have been paid to honorary alderman and former Sandwell mayor Roy Handley who has died at the age of 84.
Mr Handley, of Friar Park, Wednesbury, died on Thursday at Sandwell General Hospital. He had suffered ill health for the past two years…
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Express & Star 30 Mar 10
A planned strike by Sandwell binmen has been called off following emergency talks with the council, it was announced today.
Workers from both Unite and GMB unions were set to walk out within the next 10 days in a row over pay, but have now called off the industrial action following negotiations with Sandwell Council.
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BBC News 26 Mar 10
Tributes have been paid to former Sandwell council leader Bill Thomas who has died aged 69. Mr Thomas resigned as leader last year when he was prosecuted for stealing from a bank. He was conditionally discharged and ordered to repay £1,300…
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Express & Star 28 Feb 10
Binmen in Sandwell are planning a lengthy strike that could see rubbish pile up in the streets for weeks on end amid a dispute with the council over pay and annual leave. Meanwhile, Walsall Council staff have been warned they may be forced to accept a new salary package for more than 1,500 jobs…
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Neil Elkes B’ham Mail 16 Nov 09
Campaigners have been calling for measures to cut speeding along the busy Queslett Road dual carriageway in Great Barr, one of the region’s most dangerous, claiming the road had been “neglected” because three local authorities, Birmingham, Sandwell and Walsall were responsible for it…
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Express & Star 14 Nov 09
A new Sandwell Council leader has been elected after the resignation of shamed ex-chief Bill Thomas. Councillor Darren Cooper, ward member for Soho and Victoria, was the only candidate nominated at last night’s ruling Labour group…